North & South magazine reporter George Driver asked New Zealand’s two largest waste management companies whether they would support ‘Project Kea’, and their response was NO.
“I don’t want to state the obvious,” he says, “But you’ve got the largest waste company in New Zealand, which used to be owned by a Chinese company that operated 10 of these facilities in China, so why aren’t we doing it?” – Evan Maehl, managing director – Waste Management NZ.
Will SIRRL require the importation of waste to feed 'Project Kea' ?
Below, you can read more about the composition of the waste South Island Resource Recovery Limited intends to burn and where they claim they will source that waste.